ARSENIC IN KIDS' CANDY: Popular Brands Loaded with Toxic Levels - No better time for your family to MAHA!
Shocking new tests from Healthy Florida First expose arsenic (a known carcinogen) in everyday Halloween/everyday treats. Safe yearly limits for children are TINY -- we're talking just 4-18 pieces per year for some favorites before exceeding safe thresholds.
🎯 Worst Offenders:
🚫Jolly Rancher Sour Apple (Hershey's): 540 ppb
🚫Tootsie Fruit Chew Lime: 570 ppb
🚫Nerds Grape (Ferrara): 380 ppb
🚫Skittles Original (Mars): 370 ppb
🚫Sour Patch Kids (Mondelēz): 470 ppb
🚨Risks? Increased cancer (lung, skin, bladder, kidney) + developmental harm in kids.
🍀Safer swaps: Annie’s, Smart Sweets, UNREAL, Yum Earth -- "Risk not identified."
Informed consent applies to food, too…
Annie’s used to be an independent company. General Mills owns that brand now. Basically when large food companies buy small “clean” companies over time the ingredients will change or they use lesser quality sources for the ingredients. Dave’s bread was my go to bread. I don’t buy bread anymore, two years ago it was still the same as the original. I had read some versions had corn syrup added. Many chocolate brands that’s been around for a century have so little chocolate they can’t legally call it chocolate. Natural flavors can mean anything, including bugs. I could go on & on. Bottom line research the company. Just because you bought it recently doesn’t mean next time the ingredients won’t change. As far as cancer, research ingredients in body, hair products, makeup, household cleaners, spf, laundry detergent (look for laundry soap). America has the worst bad toxic ingredients than any other country.
Same with Olive oil & Maple syrup. 🤨
Exactly! Most honey in the store is cut with hydrolyzed corn syrup. Don’t buy “local” honey unless you know who’s selling it. I know a family (through friends) that sells honey in a larger city. They buy cheap honey and put it in cute bear honey bottles. It’s a good thing I’ve always been a pessimist, realist. I’m thankful I don’t eat any of that junk anymore.